Oasis Concepts' Folding Tables

While they could use a little help in the aesthetic and presentation departments, I'm impressed with Hong-Kong-based Oasis Concepts' folding furniture line-up. What they've done is worked out some simple mechanics with basic hinges to fold a table flat, then applied that system to multiple pieces: Kitchen chopping tables, kitchen islands, dining & buffet tables, side tables for entertaining and even desks.

Here's how it folds:

Simple, no? Here's a vid of it being both folded and unfolded:

And of course, a key benefit of designing this type of product is that you can ship it flat, and yet it still arrives fully assembled. Oasis, if you're reading this: Since you're saving a couple bucks on not having to print up assembly instructions, throw that cash into some better videos!

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I live in a small apartment so it becomes hard to adjust guests at night. I saw attractive looking <a href="http://www.exhibeportable.com/trade-show-tables.html">folding tables online and placed the order without losing time. Now, it will not be problematic to remove them whenever required and create space for an extra bed.

Nothing wrong with their videos - I like that they aren't slick, overproduced marketing hype. I feel you get a reasonable idea of how they really work - and the folding design is a great solution, love it!

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